The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health
Education. Pleasure. Health. Advocacy.
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which states that recently the U.S. teen birth rate hit its lowest mark in 70 years. The CDC reported that the U.S. teen birth rate declined 9 percent from 2009 to 2010, reaching a historic low at … [Read more...]
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing a new birth control procedure, currently in advanced clinical trials in India, which is administered to men. The procedure, called RISUG in India (reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance), takes about 15 minutes and is effective after about three days. A doctor applies … [Read more...]
Every Monday, The CSPH takes a look at a book or film focusing on an aspect of sexuality. This week we are featuring filmmaker Deirdre Allen Timmons’ 2008 documentary “A Wink and a Smile: The Art of Burlesque,” in which she follows ten women while they study under the tutelage of professional burlesque dancer, Miss Indigo Blue, at Seattle's Academy of Burlesque. The film first gives the … [Read more...]
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing a new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine wherein one gynecologist claims he has anatomical proof the G-Spot exists. Discussions about the elusive female G-Spot, or the Gräfenberg Spot, have been in high circulation for decades, but there has been no definitive … [Read more...]
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing research conducted at the University of South Carolina, which found that instances of human papillomavirus infection (HPV) lasted longer in African-American women than in Caucasian women. This points to a possible higher risk of cervical cancer and other HPV-related health … [Read more...]
Every Monday, the CSPH takes a look at a book or film focusing on an aspect of sexuality. This week we are looking at a documentary by Malcolm Burt entitled, “The Bedroom Commandments,” in which he explores the concept of whether or not a person can be both gay and religious. In the film, Burt interviews with former ordained ministers, homosexuals sent to conversion camps in their youth, … [Read more...]
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing a study which found that women who have early access to the birth control pill tend to be better educated and better paid than women did not have early access to oral contraceptives. The results of this study were discussed in a MSNBC.com article in the context of the recent … [Read more...]
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing recent research about the growth in the prevalence of oral cancer as a result of the Human Papillomavirus or the HPV virus. Researchers from Ohio State University and the National Cancer Institute found that HPV-positive tumors now account for a majority of the cases of … [Read more...]
Every Monday, the CSPH takes a look at a book or film focusing on an aspect of sexuality. This week we are looking back at Billy Wilder’s 1955 classic, “The Seven Year Itch” starring Marilyn Monroe in her iconic performance as the lusted-after girl-next-door. When his family goes away for the summer, Richard Sherman (played by character actor Tom Ewell), prepares to spend the next few … [Read more...]
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re discussing a series of studies and commentary about the use of vibrators among men. In the March 2012 issue of Contemporary Sexuality, the monthly newsletter of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT), there is a discussion about the … [Read more...]
